Bera Bera says goodbye to Europe after being on the verge of a comeback (34-28)
He Super Amara Bera Bera stays out of Europe after not being able to overcome the seven-goal deficit they had from the first leg against the Norwegian Sola HK and, although the Guipuzcoan team had moments to dream, they were unlucky in the penalty three seconds from the end missed by Enma Boada.
The second leg started worse than bad for local interests, because if the intention of its coach Imanol Álvarez was to overwhelm the Norwegians from the opening whistle, his intention was far from the objective, since it was Sola HK that immediately took the initiative.
The San Sebastián team improved as the first half progressed and with the exclusion of the always forceful Barka they took advantage to take advantage for the first time, which gave a moral boost to their mission (8-6) and forced the Nordics to react with a timeout.
Things would get even more interesting in the final stretch of this first period when the HK began to show signs of nervousness and Bera Bera was three ahead (14-11) with a favorable possession that raised the lead to four in the seconds before the break, although a whip from Novak would reduce it again, leaving the tie very open.
heart attack ending
The second half maintained the good tone of the San Sebastián team, who temporarily lost by injury to one of their great scorers, Argentina Elka Karstenbut even so the scores were rising and they were four ahead in the 33rd minute, clearly opening up their options to make a splash.
The match moved between three and five goals so the crowded stands of fans went from euphoria to frustration for a good part of this period until in a final rally the Gipuzkoans placed themselves 34-28, with only one goal, and a penalty with three seconds left. Enma Boada found the Norwegian goalkeeper to the desolation of Super Amara Bera Bera.
Data sheet
34.- Super Amara Bera Bera: Alice Fernandes (Aalla), Laura Hernández (2), Mariane Oliveira (8), Arrojeria (4), Cavo (4), Etxeberria (1), Boada (2), Menéndez, Tchapchet (5), Loidi, Erauskin, Blanco , Gavilán (2), Arroyo (2), Karsten (4, 1 pen.).
28.- HK Solna: Granslund, Rushfeldt (4), Holta (1 pen.), Wolf (2), Haugseng (1), Kristiansen (2 pen.), Raestad, Magnussen (5), Knutsen (4), Terland, Barka, Qorraj , Herrem (4), Novak (5), Bergsvik and Fossum.
Referees: Florian Hofer and Andreas Schmidhuber (Austria). They excluded Tchapchet, Barka, Rushfeldt and Holta.
Markers every five minutes: 1-2; 2-4; 6-6; 9-9; 12-10; 15-12 – rest- 18-16; 20-16; 26-21; 29-25; 31-27; 34-28.
Source: Eitb

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